Cover flap for an oven window



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United States Patent 2,963,019 COVER FLAP FOR AN OVEN WINDOW Stella Domsky, 235 Grenville Ave., Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada Filed Sept. 4, 1959-, Ser. No. 838,307

1 Claim. (Cl. 126-200 This invention relates to ovens, and more particularly to an oven door construction wherein a glass window is provided in the oven door and wherein a cover flap is provided to at times cover the glass window.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved oven door construction, the construction involving relatively simple parts, and being arranged so as to provide a means for covering the glass window of an oven door at times, particularly where the window or the interior of the oven is in a soiled or untidy condition.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved means for at times covering the glass window of I an oven door, said means being arranged so that it may be normally placed in an inconspicuous and non-obstructing position, affording normal use of the oven glass door with which the cover is associated, but being arranged so that it may be easily swung into a covering position with respect to the door, the structure being inexpensive to fabricate, being neat in appearance, and serving as a means to cover the glass window of the oven door when the window or the interior of the oven is in an untidy or soiled condition, such as immediately following the use of the oven wherein the temperature of the oven is still relatively high and wherein it is not possible to immediately clean the interior of the oven because of the excessive temperature thereof.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a stove provided with an oven door having a glass window and being provided with an improved window cover device according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevational view showing the cover member of Figure 1 in its elevated closed position.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings, 11 designates a kitchen range which is substantially conventional in construction and which is provided with an oven 12. The range has a front wall 13 which is provided with a door 14 hinged at its lower horizontal edge to the front wall 13 substantially at the bottom horizontal margin of the front opening of the oven 12. The upper portion of the oven door 14 is provided with a conventional glass window 15 having the marginal frame portion 16, the window being substantially rectangular in shape, as shown in Figure 1, and being located subjacent the horizontally extending top handle 17 of the oven door.

Designated at 18 is a generally rectangular cover flap which is hinged to the door 14 outwardly adjacent the lower horizontal margin of the window 15, as by horizontally aligned hinges 20. The cover flap 18 is made of a suitable durable opaque material, such as stainless steel or other suitable corrosion-resistant metal, or may be colored or otherwise suitably decorated to match or harw monize with the front wall 14 of the oven.

The cover flap 18 is of a size somewhat larger than the window 15 and the hinges 20 are arranged on an axis such that when the cover 18 is elevated to its upright vertical position, the flap 18 completely covers the window 15.

Mounted on the oven door 14 between the handle 17 and the top margin of the frame 16 is a spring catch member 21 comprising an outwardly projecting plate of resilient metal which is formed with a rounded outer bead 22 forming the outer edge of the resilient catch plate 21. The bead 22 is arranged so that it is engaged by the free edge of the flap member 18 when said flap member is rotated from the depending position shown in Figures 1 and 2. to the upright vertical position thereof shown in Figure 3, the free edge of the flap member 18 lockingly engaging past the bead 22 and being engaged by the catch plate 21 with sufficient friction to maintain the cover member 18 in its upright closing position illustrated in Figure 3.

Designated at 23 is an oifset handle bracket which is secured to the intermediate portion of the free horizontal margin of the cover flap 18, the offset bracket plate 23 serving as a stop element to limit the flap member 18 to the depending vertical position thereof shown in Figure 2, but also serving as a handle to rotate the cover member 18 outwardly from the closing position thereof shown in Figure 3.

Normally, the cover flap 18 is in the depending vertical position thereof illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, whereby complete use of the window 15 is provided and whereby the interior of the oven 12 may be viewed through the window. However, when the interior of the oven or the window is in a soiled or untidy condition, for example, after immediate prior use of the oven, and wherein the oven is still hot and therefore not ready to be cleaned, the flap member 18 may be elevated to the vertical closing position thereof illustrated in Figure 3, the top edge of the cover plate being lockingly engaged beneath the resilient catch plate 21 in the manner previously described, whereby the cover plate is yieldably locked in its closed position. This covers the window 15 and blocks vision through the window. However, the cover plate provides a neat appearance and may be retained in its closed position until the oven has cooled sufiiciently to allow the interior thereof and the window 15 to be cleaned.

As shown in Figure 3, the cover flap 18 may be suitably decorated on its outer surface, as by the inscription thereon of a suitable design 25, for example, a suitable insignia.

While a specific embodiment of an improved oven door construction has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In an oven having a vertical front wall and a door hinged at its bottom edge to said front wall, said door being provided at its upper portion with a transparent window and having an opaque portion below the window of substantial height, an opaque cover member of sufficient size to overlie and cover said window, and means hingedly connecting the lower edge of said cover member to said door outwardly adjacent the bottom margin of said window for swinging movement on a horizontal axis, said cover member being arranged to normally hang vertically in a depending position adjacent the portion of the door below said window, an offset bracket plate se- 7 Ice Patented Dec.6, 1960.

cured to the free horizontal marginal portion of said cover member at a location to abut the lower portion of the door and limit said cover member to a depending vertical position adjacent and parallel to said opaque lower portion of the door, said bracketplate also serving as a handle to lift the cover member, and an outwardly projecting resilient catchblate secured to said door upwardly'adjacent the intermediate portion of the top margin of said Window, said catch plate having a rounded outer bead extending parallel to said door and spaced outwardly therefrom lockingly engageable with the top edge of said cover member when said cover member is in an elevated vertical position overlying and covering said window.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 237,827 Day et a1 Feb. 15, 1881 1,062,991 Neal May 27, 1913 1,479,007 Pederson Jan. 1, 1924 2,794,434 Evans June 4, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 425,191 Great Britain Mar. 8, 1935 

